Next week my wife and are taking a vacation to the Washington DC area. I
plan on checking out the exhibit where I have a couple of photos in
Annapolis - and that will be one afternoon or morning of our trip.
Otherwise I am anticipating a blend of urban / rural experience in
Washington DC, Baltimore and Maryland's eastern shore. We have one
wildlife refuge on the eastern shore that I really want to visit (if I
can figure out where it is).
OK - so I am trying to travel light. The biggest impediment to that is
bringing backup bodies and lenses. When you travel - do you carry backup
gear or just trust to fate that everything will work?
I am thinking of bringing (at a minimum) the K3, IR converted K10D, DA
17-70, Takumar F 70-200, DFA 100 macro and Sigma 135-400 zoom. All that,
except for the Sigma, fits in a nice little kit. I plan to also bring my
Q kit (original Q, fisheye lens, normal zoom, telephoto zoom, normal
prime, extension tubes) which all fits in a tiny little bag.
I will probably want to also bring a film body and normal zoom, and am
thinking of the Mz-S, sans battery grip, with FA 28-105 zoom. Or I might
satify the analog urge by bringing a Super Ricoflex TLR and a few rolls
of 120 film.
And then I'd like a fast lens so maybed the A 50mm f1.4 or FA 50 f1.7.
I'll probably bring the 40mm XR pancake in lieu of a body cap since it
is about the same size.
And then backups and add-ons - ideally I'd like to bring they K5 (in
case the K3 breaks), the DA 16-50 (in case the DA 17-70 breaks), Sigma
70-200 f2.8 as both a backup for the Takumar F and for a faster
telephoto zoom, and maybe an external flash because it might come in
handy...
I am thinking of NOT taking the "backups and add-ons" though I will kick
myself if something breaks or malfunctions on the road. The fast 50
seems questionable and I might decide to skip the film gear...
This is not a trip of a lifetime but I'll be frustrated if something
fails along the way. I guess the Q kit is a backup for the overall kit
but as much as I like the Q kit it does have limits (slow AF, no eye
level finder, poor high ISO performance, limits on shallow DOF...)
What do you do when you travel?
FWIW I *am* only taking one automobile but I also know I can always rent
one if the car have malfunctions (I actually had to do that once in the
past.)
Mark
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